Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strommel

/ˈstɹɒməl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: strom-mel
IPA: /ˈstɹɒməl/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

British usage; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"My doxy I have by the Salomon a doxy, that carries a kinchin mort in her slat at her backe, besides my dell and my dainty wild del, with all whom I'le tumble this next darkmans in the strommel, and drinke ben bause, and eate a fat gruntling cheate, a cackling cheae, and a quacking cheate."
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:strommel."

Etymology

From Old French *estramaille (“straw for bedding”), from Latin stramen (“straw for bedding”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to spread”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *estramaille, stramen, *sterh₃-

Usage

Inflected Forms

strammel (alternative) strummel (alternative)

Rhymes With

pommel trommel

Questions

How do you pronounce strommel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɹɒməl/.
What does strommel mean?: Straw.
Where does strommel come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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